"Steve Redgrave, who won the award, and footballer David Beckham. The other members of the shortlist were footballer Bobby Moore, cricketer Ian Botham and ice skating duo Torvill and Dean. Alf Ramsey's squad won a poll to select a Team of the Decade for the 50th anniversary show. Representatives from each of the past winners of the Team of the Year award voted for their outstanding team of the last 50 years. Bobby Robson presented the award to Bobby Charlton, who collected the award on behalf of the late Bobby Moore's team. BBC Sports Personality of the Year The BBC"
"four, even if they carried the boundary. Only four cricketers are believed to have cleared the tree to score a six: Arthur 'Jacko' Watson of Sussex in 1925, the West Indies' Learie Constantine in 1928, Middlesex's Jim Smith in 1939, and Kent's Carl Hooper in 1992. The tree was diagnosed with heart rot in the 1990s, and it was pollarded to encourage new growth, reducing it from over to around in height. Unfortunately, high winds across southern England on 7 January 2005 caused the 200-year-old tree to snap in two, leaving a stump. Wood from the dead tree was made"
"his career, he scored 8,882 runs in 216 first-class matches with eight centuries and took 137 wickets. He later played for Glamorgan in 1980 and 1981. Norman Featherstone Norman George Featherstone (born 20 August 1949 in Que, Que, Southern Rhodesia) is a South African retired cricketer. Known as ""Smokey"", Featherstone was educated at King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg and toured England with the South African Schools team in 1967. He made his debut for Transvaal B as a right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler in the 1967–68 Currie Cup competition. He represented Middlesex between 1968 and 1979, being"
"Wade, Ben Cutting and David Warner (Tom Cooper also represented Australia but went on to play international cricket for Netherlands) Bangladesh – Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Raqibul Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Dolar Mahmud, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Kamrul Islam, Shamsur Rahman and Mehrab Hossain, Jr. England – Moeen Ali, Mark Stoneman India – Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Manish Pandey Ireland – Gary Wilson, Andrew Poynter, Gary Kidd, Greg Thompson and James Hall (Eoin Morgan also represented Ireland but went on to play international cricket for England) Nepal - Amrit Bhattarai, Basant Regmi, Gyanendra Malla, Kanishka Chaugai, Mahesh"
"and the match was washed out after his first two deliveries. Champaka Ramanayake Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake (born January 8, 1965 in Galle), or Champaka Ramanayake, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 62 ODIs from 1986 to 1995. He is the current high performance fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh national side. Champaka who had his education at Richmond College, Galle is widely regarded as one of the steadiest bowlers ever produced by Sri Lanka. Champaka is the only person to bowl in international cricket at Ray Mitchell Oval, in Mackay, Australia. The venue"
"Norman Featherstone Norman George Featherstone (born 20 August 1949 in Que, Que, Southern Rhodesia) is a South African retired cricketer. Known as ""Smokey"", Featherstone was educated at King Edward VII High School in Johannesburg and toured England with the South African Schools team in 1967. He made his debut for Transvaal B as a right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler in the 1967–68 Currie Cup competition. He represented Middlesex between 1968 and 1979, being awarded his county cap in 1971. In 1976, when Middlesex won their first title for 27 years, he scored 995 runs and took 36 wickets. In"
"the 80's. After serving as junior national selector in the 1990s, Rafiqul Alam concentrated on coaching club sides. He was the successful head coach of Kalabagan Krira Chakra in the late 1990s and 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2007, he became chief national team selector. He has also been the coaching director of Dhanmondi Cricket Academy since its inception. Rafiqul Alam (cricketer) Rafiqul Alam () (born 4 October 1957 in Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in the 1986 Asia Cup. In his debut match, (against Pakistan), he scored 14. He followed this with 10"
"finals, winning the tournament without the need for a third final to be played. The player of the tournament award was bagged by Sri Lankan all-arounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored the most runs in the tournament, 306, with one century and two fifties, and took 5 wickets to add. Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq took the most wickets in the tournament, bagging 14. Pakistani batsman Saeed Anwar's innings of 194 against India in Chennai became the record for the highest runs in a single innings by any batsman in ODI cricket. The record stood until 2010, when India's Sachin Tendulkar became the"
"Annual Cricketer of the Year in 1984 and 1985. Clarke played with great distinction for English county side Surrey for a decade starting in 1979, becoming one of the leading wicket takers in the county championship. Clarke received his county cap in 1980 and his benefit in 1987. In 1988 he took 63 wickets for Surrey at 14.50 while he also displayed his powerful and adventurous batting prowess, scoring a century from only 61 balls in 1981 (and winning the Walter Lawrence Trophy in the process). Clarke's reputation as the fastest, most feared and intimidating bowler in England was such"
"Engel recognised that the best players in the world were typically no longer playing English domestic cricket, and opted to select the Cricketers of the Year based on their performances anywhere in the world. This criterion was applied for the following three years, but in 2004 it reverted to being based on the English season, and a Leading Cricketer in the World was also selected. The recipient of the award is selected by the editor of ""Wisden"", with advice from cricket experts. An Australian, Ricky Ponting was chosen as the first winner of the award, for scoring 1,503 runs in"
"Indian cricket team in England in 1986 The Indian cricket team toured England from 24 May to 8 July 1986 for a three-match Test series, and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Texaco Trophy. India beat England 2–0 in the Test series and won the Texaco Trophy that followed by virtue of faster run-rate despite England having squared the series after losing the first game. India's Dilip Vengsarkar scored a total of 360 runs in the Test series and was named player of the series alongside England's Mike Gatting. In the ODI series, England's David Gower emerged as the"
"more likely to trouble the 1982 tourists (India and Pakistan) than spin. Pringle toured Australia in 1982–83 but failed to hold his place in 1983. Phase 2 – England's all-rounder By the summer of 1986, Ian Botham had been banned for 3 months for smoking cannabis. Pringle was therefore elevated to fulfill Botham's role. Far from being Pringle's fault, 1986 was probably one of the worst years for English Test Cricket. Pringle played in the first three match series of the summer bowling adequately but being exposed against the Indian spin attack – particularly Maninder Singh. With Botham returning for"
"psychological science at Swinburne University, Melbourne. Robin Smith (cricketer) Robin Arnold Smith (born 13 September 1963) is an English former cricketer. Smith was nicknamed Judge or Judgie for his resemblance to a judge when he grew his hair long. Like his older brother Chris, he was unable to play for the country of his birth because of the exclusion of the apartheid regime from international cricket, but because he had English parents he qualified to play for England. He played for England in eleven home test series and on six overseas tours from 1988 to 1996. Smith was best known"
"Kiran Mokashi Kiran Damodar Mokashi (born 21 September 1956) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Bombay. After his playing career, he worked as a match referee and a selector for the Mumbai Cricket Association. Born in Bombay, Mokashi played as a lower-order batsman and an off spin bowler. He made his first-class debut in the 1980–81 Ranji Trophy which Bombay went on to win. He was also part of the Bombay team that won the 1981–82 Irani Trophy and the 1984–85 Ranji Trophy. In 1986, in a match for Bombay against the touring Australian team, Mokashi took a"
"Mohammad Rafique (cricketer) Mohammed Rafique () (born 5 September 1970) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played all formats of the cricket. He is the first consistent cricketer of national cricket team. He also served team sometimes with bat. When Bangladesh team needed quick runs, Mohammad Rafiquee was always sent as an opener. He is the first Man Of the Match for Bangladesh in One Day Internationals for his match winning 77 runs as opener and for taking 3/56 with Ball. One of the best spinners to ever have played for Bangladesh, Rafique was the first Bangladesh bowler to take"
"times (1972, 1973, 1974, and 1981), and is the only person to win the award in three consecutive years. Golfer Graham Marsh (1973, 1977, 1985, and 1986) and hockey player Ric Charlesworth (1976, 1979, 1986, and 1987) also won the award four times, while swimmer David Dickson (1961, 1963, and 1966) and tennis player Margaret Court (1969, 1970, and 1973) won the award three times. Cricket has produced the most winners of the award, with 14 winners. Ten athletes and ten swimmers have won the award, as well as eight footballers, six cyclists, and six hockey players. On Thursday 8"
"the best batting. In 1985, the Nelson Medal was won by K. Dienelt of the Northern Territory and the Woolley Medal was won by L. Evans of Victoria. In 1986, the Nelson Medal was won by H. Strauss of Queensland and the Woolley Medal was won by C. Bruce of New South Wales. In 1987, the Nelson Medal was won by K. Dienelt of the Northern Territory and the Woolley Medal was won by C. Cunderson of Queensland. 1988 was the first year all three medals were awarded. They were won respectively by L. Ward of New South Wales, M."
"Wood in 1939. Michael Packe Michael St John Packe (21 August 1916 – 20 December 1978) was an English historian, biographer, and cricketer. He was the author of ""The Life of John Stuart Mill"" (1954), and four other historical works. A right-handed batsman, he played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club between 1936 and 1939, captaining them in 1939. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and represented the Egypt national cricket team. Born in Eastbourne in 1916, Michael Packe was the younger brother of Charles and Robert Packe, both of whom also played cricket for Leicestershire. He was educated"
"against the Lahore Cricket Association. But later in 1986, he lost his place to Nasir Ahmed. Hafizur Rahman Hafizur Rahman (born September 21, 1959) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in 1986. A wicket-keeper, Rahman moved to the U.S. after retiring from international cricket. In 1984, Hafiz played for the Bangladesh Tigers at the inaugural South East Asian Cricket Cup in Bangladesh. He scored 75 against Singapore. There,he put on 208 runs with Rafiqul Alam who scored 129. Over the next two years, Hafiz toured Kenya, Pakistan and SL, and played against Sri Lanka (1985) and"
"more successful four years later. He scored 135 runs with an average of 27.00. His top score was 51 against Malaysia. He also took 5 wickets in the tournament. Rafiqul Alam is best remembered for his sterling 86 against Omar Qureshi XI, a team of Pakistani players led by Imran Khan in January 1986. From the late 70's onto the early 90's Rafiqul Alam was one of the most consistent performers in domestic cricket arena. Unfortunately, he failed to achieve the same consistency in international arena. Nevertheless, many analysts still consider him as one of the best Bangladeshi cricketer of"
"the award was made jointly to Ashley Metcalfe of Nottinghamshire and James Whitaker of Leicestershire. The 1995 winner, Andrew Symonds, went on to make over 200 international appearances for Australia, but at the time of his award was eligible to play for England, as he was born in Birmingham. , representatives of seventeen of the eighteen first-class cricket counties have won the award; no player from Worcestershire has ever won. Yorkshire players have collected the award most frequently, doing so on eleven occasions. Only eight winners have not gone on to play international cricket. On ten occasions, the Cricket Writers'"
"16 times. George Hirst achieved the feat on 14 occasions, including a unique ""double double"" in 1906 of 2385 runs and 208 wickets. Jim Parks senior managed the unique double of 3000 runs and 100 wickets in 1937. Maurice Tate, who scored 1193 runs and took 116 wickets during the MCC tour of India and Ceylon in 1926-27, is the only cricketer to achieve the feat outside England. The ""wicketkeeper's double"", of one thousand runs and one hundred dismissals in a season, is very rare, having only been achieved by Les Ames, on three occasions, and by John Murray. Double"
"History of cricket in Pakistan from 1986 to 2000 This article describes the history of cricket in Pakistan from the 1985–86 season to 1999–2000. Pakistan won the 1992 Cricket World Cup, beating England by 22 runs in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 March 1992. Notable Pakistan players in this period include Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq. Winners of the Qaid-i-Azam Trophy from 1986 to 2000 were: Winners of the BCCP Patron's Trophy from 1986 to 2000 were: Winners of the limited overs knockout tournament from 1986 to"
"Champaka Ramanayake Champaka Priyadarshana Hewage Ramanayake (born January 8, 1965 in Galle), or Champaka Ramanayake, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 18 Tests and 62 ODIs from 1986 to 1995. He is the current high performance fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh national side. Champaka who had his education at Richmond College, Galle is widely regarded as one of the steadiest bowlers ever produced by Sri Lanka. Champaka is the only person to bowl in international cricket at Ray Mitchell Oval, in Mackay, Australia. The venue hosted its only international match during the 1992 Cricket World Cup,"
"James Whitaker (cricketer) John James Whitaker (born 5 May 1962 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England) is an English former cricketer, who played in one Test and two ODIs for England in 1986. Whitaker was educated at Uppingham School and spent his whole career with Leicestershire County Cricket Club, and captained them from 1996 until he retired in 1999. In 1986, Whitaker was the leading English batsman in the national batting averages with 1,526 runs at 66 apiece. He was selected to go on the 1986-87 Ashes tour, and played one Test in Adelaide when Ian Botham was out injured. However, his"
"two matches by large margins well inside the allotted time, and their third after a more even match in which Al Sahariar scored the first first-class century in Bangladesh’s history. Mark Bailey (Northern Conference) was the highest scorer in the tournament, with 293 runs at an average of 48.83. He also hit the highest score, 148 against Bangladesh, and was the only batsman to hit two centuries. Paul Wiseman (Southern Conference) took the most wickets, with 20 at an average of 20.25. Hasibul Hossain (Bangladesh) was the only bowler to take six wickets in an innings, with 6 for 143"
"Phil Sharpe (cricketer) Philip John Sharpe (27 December 1936 – 20 May 2014) was an English cricketer, who played in twelve Tests from 1963 to 1969, and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1963. He played all of his county cricket for Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and played in Minor counties cricket for Norfolk. However he was despised by Geoff Boycott because of what Boycott perceived as his “social, rather weak and insipid attitude towards cricket”. The cricketing correspondent, Colin Bateman, remarked, ""Phil Sharpe was possibly unique in that he was selected by England for his exceptional"
"Bert Vogler Albert Edward Ernest Vogler (28 November 1876 – 9 August 1946) was a South African cricketer. A leading all-rounder skilled both at batting and bowling, Vogler played cricket in South Africa prior to becoming eligible to play for Middlesex in England after serving on the ground staff of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He rose to prominence during Test series at home in 1906 and then in England the following year; he was described during the latter as the best bowler in the world by Tip Foster, and named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Renowned for"
"series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside the subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1980s saw Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all-rounder to date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made a Test record 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark. Kapil Dev later became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets. The period was also marked by an unstable leadership, with Gavaskar and Kapil exchanging the captaincy several times. The addition of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the"
"Chhetri, Paras Khadka and Sharad Vesawkar New Zealand – Martin Guptill, Roneel Hira, Tim Southee, Todd Astle, Colin Munro and Hamish Bennett Pakistan – Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Nasir Jamshed and Rameez Raja Scotland – Richie Berrington, Moneeb Iqbal, Gordon Goudie and Calum MacLeod South Africa – Dean Elgar, Mthokozisi Shezi, Richard Levi and Wayne Parnell (Craig Kieswetter also represented South Africa but went on to play international cricket for England) Sri Lanka – Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ashan Priyanjan, Chamara Kapugedera, Isuru Udana, Sachith Pathirana and Thisara Perera West Indies – Andre Fletcher, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard,"
"a List A match against Yorkshire in the Gillette Cup. In this match, he bowled 7 wicket-less overs for the cost of 20 runs, while with the bat he ended Norfolk's innings unbeaten on 2. Playing for Cambridge University against New Zealand in 1965, he took three wickets in the first innings and two in the second – Bevan Congdon, Graham Dowling (twice) and John Reid (twice) – before becoming the first bowler in English cricket to be banned from bowling for running on the pitch. Mark Whitaker (cricketer) Mark Robin Whitaker (born 20 September 1946) is a former English"
"Gholam Nousher Gholam Mohammad Nousher (born October 6, 1964, Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 9 ODIs from 1986 to 1990.He was Bangladesh's main strike bowler during the 2nd half of the 1980s. The tall left armer from Mymensingh played for the Bangladesh Tigers (the unofficial youth team) in 1984, and a year later he was playing for the full national side against Sri Lanka. He celebrated his promotion with the big scalp of Ranjan Madugalle. In January 86, he took the wickets of Ramiz Raja and Shoaib Mohammad. Though his career was hampered at times by"
"Kapil Dev Kapil Dev Nikhanj (; born 6 January 1959), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He was named by Wisden as the ""Indian Cricketer of the Century"" in 2002, Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was India's national cricket coach between October 1999 and August 2000. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms"